AUVERGNE, De

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Family/Spouse: LIMOGES, Fulk De. Fulk (son of TOULOUSE, Raimond I) was born in 805 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France; died in 886 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. LIMOGES, Hildebert De was born in 835 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France; died in 876 in France.

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Gerard married MARTEL, Rotrude Princess Of The Holy Roman Empire. Rotrude (daughter of Louis I Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire) was born in 800 in Aix-de-Chapelle, Germany; died in 841 in Fontenoy, Yonne, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Charlemagne
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He was called "Charles the Great" as Emperor of the West 800-814
King of the Franks 768-814. Franks were German tribes who encompassed the Frankish Empire which later became the medieval kingdoms of France, Germany, and Italy in the 8th Century.

LDS-Charlemagne began his career as King of the Franks but ended it as Emperor of the entire Roman Empire of the West. As king of France, he gained victory over the Lombards of Italy, the Saxons of Northwestern Germany, and a number of other neighbors. He followed a policy of friendship and cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church and was crowned Emperor by the pope on Christmas Day of 800. Charlemagne's views were liberal and enlightened. Although he reigned supreme, he recognized civil rights for his subjects and a limitation onmonarchic power. He possessed an unusual amount of learning and vigorously promoted education. He invited learned men to his court and established a Palace School where noble's sons and clergy were educated. His great dream was the union of all the nations he had conquered into one great empire where the power and learning of Rome could be united with the religion of Christ. His motivation for war seemed to be the conversion of the heathens to Christianity. His last words were, "Now, Lord, into thy hand I commit my spirit."

!Source: The Plantagenet Ancestry; by Lt.-Col. W.H. Turton, D.S.O.;Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1984; pp 12, 19, 1 71.The Plantagenet Ancestry Of King Edward III And Queen Philippa; by George Andrews Moriarty;Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 1985; p5R oyal Ancestors Of Some American Families; by Michel L. Call; Salt Lake City,1989; chart 11602.Pedigrees of Some of The Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume II;compiled by Aileen Lewers Langston & J. Orton Buck , Jr.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1986.Descents From Antiquity; The Augustan Society, Inc., Torrance, CA, 1986;chart W.Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England between 1623 and 1 650, Sixth Edition; by Frederick Lewis Weis; Genealogical Publishing Co .,Inc., Baltimore, 1988; line 190-13.Charlemagne (Charles "The Great") King of Franks. Crowned Holy Roman Emperor 25Dec 800, King of France 768 -814.Our Noble & Gentle Families of Royal Descent Together with Their Paternal Ancestry by Joseph Foster p178 1884 Edition.

Charles married SAVOY, Hildegard of Empress of the Holy Roman Empire about 772 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Hildegard (daughter of Gerold Count of Vinzgau and Imma Duchess Of Swabia) was born in Apr 757 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia; died on 30 Apr 783 in Thionville, Austrasia; was buried in Metz, Austrasia, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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